Reno2013's Profile

So many great comments. I have to say that reading them all gives me a Great sense of perspective on my own current kitchen design choices. Truth is I think Caesar stone is simply hideous, granite a close second but then I have not seen enough to qualify this. But this man made reconstituted stone makes me think of crabmeat: bleached flesh died orange to make it appealing to mass taste and really tasteless. On the other hand I am really struggling with timber around the sink area: with all the grime that gets beneath the edges of sink etc, I also think the undercounted sink is a real harboured of bacteria and can't get around the weird feeling of it just not being at the right height to really get stuck into scrubbing a pan or washing the coriander.... The other comments I am really feeling are the different opinionsZ on subway tiles: I love them and I hate them! I love their simplicity and the fact that they are tendy I suppose but the train station feel is not really for me. I like the whie grout but am really scared of how much cleaning I am setting myself up for with all that grout but the black?? Well it really does look immediately grimy. It's like saying: this is going to get dirty so I may as well make it look dirty from the get go!

My current choices for kitchen is timber bench for eating and an L shaped custom made sink and bench in one for around the highest functioning area of the kitchen: sink and stove. I have a stainless steel Ilve. I love it. White overhead cupboards with some soft open shelving - yep going glass because I just cannot tolerate the thought of weekly dusting and wiping. And timber cupboards below to match the timber eating bench. Regarding tiles I am really stuck! Tempted to go subway but just cannot commit..... pS great links to other sites too!!! Thanks.